Volutaxis Explained
Volutaxis is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus Volutaxis includes Mexico, Central America, and the Greater Antilles.[1]
Species
There are three subgenera in the genus Volutaxis. Species in the genus Volutaxis include:
Subgenus Volutaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882
- Volutaxis blandiana (Pilsbry, 1909)[1]
- Volutaxis cacahuamilpensis (Herrera, 1891)[1]
- Volutaxis confertecostatus Strebel, 1882[1]
- Volutaxis delicatus (Pilsbry, 1907)[1]
- Volutaxis eburneus Thompson, 2010[2]
- Volutaxis fallax (H. B. Baker, 1940)[1]
- Volutaxis linearis (Pfeiffer, 1866)[1]
- Volutaxis livingstonensis (Pilsbry, 1920)[1]
- Volutaxis longior (Pilsbry, 1920)[1]
- Volutaxis maya Bequaert & Clench, 1931[1]
- Volutaxis nitidus Strebel, 1882[1]
- Volutaxis rhoadsi (Pilsbry, 1899)[1]
- Volutaxis scalariopsis (Morelet, 1851)[1]
- Volutaxis scalella (Von Martens, 1898)[1]
- Volutaxis strebeli (Pilsbry, 1907)[1]
- Volutaxis subulinus (H. B. Baker, 1940)[1]
- Volutaxis sulciferus (Morelet, 1851)[1]
- Volutaxis tenuecostatus Strebel, 1882[1]
- Volutaxis tenuis (Pfeiffer, 1868)[1]
- Volutaxis uruapamensis (Pilsbry, 1899)[1]
Subgenus Mirapex Baker, 1939 include one[1] species:
- Volutaxis enigmaticus (H. B. Baker, 1939)[1]
Subgenus Versutaxis Baker, 1939[1]
- Volutaxis arctatus (H. B. Baker, 1940)[1]
- Volutaxis futilis (H. B. Baker, 1939)[1]
- Volutaxis opeas (H. B. Baker, 1939)[1]
- Volutaxis odiosus (Pilsbry, 1899)[1]
- Volutaxis patzcuarensis (Pilsbry, 1899)[1]
- Volutaxis subgranum (H. B. Baker, 1939)[1]
- Volutaxis subopeas (H. B. Baker, 1939)[1]
Volutaxis (Mirapex ?) acus (Shuttleworth, 1852) is nomen dubium.[1]
Notes and References
- Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008). "AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA". "PART 4 PULMONATA (ACHATINOIDEA-SAGDOIDEA)". accessed 14 January 2011.
- Thompson . F. G. . Four species of land snails from Costa Rica and Panama (Pulmonata: Spiraxidae) . Revista de Biología Tropical . 58 . 1 . 195–202 . 2010 . 20411717 . 10.15517/rbt.v58i1.5204. free ., PDF .
